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Hadith alThaqalayn:

A Study of Its Tawatur

Eight/Fourteenth Century:

272. Zahir al-Din `Abd al-Samad al-Fariqi al-Farabi (d. after 707/1307).

In his sharh of al-Baghawi's Masabih al-Sunnah (MS. 60 in alMaktabat alSulaymaniyyah, Istanbul, F. 340 b.)

273. Abu al-Fadl Jamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Mukarram al'Ansari al-'Ifriqi al-Misri (d. 711/1311).

In Lisan al-`Arab, xi, 137, from Ibn Ishaq al-'Azhari. A leading lexicographer and philologist.

274. Sadr al-Din Abu al-Majami` Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Mu`ayyad al-Hamawi (d. 722/1322).

In his Fara'id al-simtayn (ii, 250, 268, 272, 274) from Zayd ibn Arqam, Abu Sa`id al-Khudri, and Hudhayfah ibn Usayd. An eminent scholar.

275. Abu al-`Abbas Najm al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Makki ibn Yasin al-Qamuli (d. 727/1327).

In Takmilat Tafsir al-Razi. A leading jurist of his era. [176]

276. Ibn Taymiyyah al-Harrani (d. 728/1328).

In his Minhaj al-Sunnah, 105, from Sahih Muslim, where he tries to misinterpret its meaning.

277. `Ala' al-Din `Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Baghdadi, known as al-Khazin (d. 741/1340).

In his tafsir, Lubab al-ta'wil, i, 328, vi, 102, vii, 6. A leading scholar and exegete. [177]

278. Fakhr al-Din al-Hansawi.

In his Dustur al-haqa'iq from Zayd ibn Arqam, as mentioned by Malik al-`Ulama' al-Dawlatabadi in Hidayat al-su`ada', MS. A leading scholar.

279. Abu `Abd Allah Wali al-Din Muhammad ibn `Abd Allah alKhatib al-Tabrizi.

In his Mishkat al-masabih, iii, 255, 258, from Zayd ibn Arqam and Jabir. An eminent scholar.

280. Abu al-Hajjaj Yusuf ibn `Abd al-Rahman ibn Yusuf al-Mizzi (d. 742/1341).

In his Tuhfat al-'ashraf bi ma`rifat al-'atraf from al-Tirmidhi, Muslim and al-Nasa'i. A leading scholar and writer. [178]

281. Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Tayyibi (d. 743/1342).

In his Sharh al-Mishkat, MS. A leading scholar of his era. [179]

282. Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Muzaffar al-Shahrudi alKhalkhali (d. 745/1344).

In his al-Mafatih fi sharh al-Masabih, MS. A leading scholar. [180]

283. Athir al-Din Abu Hayyan al-'Andalusi (d. 745/1344).

In his exegesis al-Bahr al-muhit, i, 12. A leading scholar of his era. [181]

284. Shams al-Din Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad alDhahabi (d. 748/1347).

As mentioned by al-Shaykhani al-Qadiri in al-Sirat al-sawi, MS. A leading scholar, historian, biographer, traditionist and an authority on rijal.

285. `Ala' al-Din ibn al-Turkamani al-Hanafi (d. 749/1348).

In his al-Jawhar al-naqi `ala Sunan al-Bayhaqi, vii, 31 (published with Sunan al-Bayhaqi, Hyderabad, India). An eminent scholar.

286. Jamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn al-Hasan al-Zarandi al-Madani al-'Ansari (d. after 750/1349).

In his Nazm Durar al-simtayn, 231-232, from Zayd ibn Arqam, Abu Sa`id and Jabir. An eminent scholar and writer.

287. Badr al-Din Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Habib al-Halabi.

In al-Najm al-thaqib fi ashraf al-manasib (F. 86, MS. 5883, Dar

alKutub al-Zahiriyyah, Damascus). An eminent scholar. [182]

288. Zayn al-`Arab `Ali ibn `Abd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Misri (d. after 751/1350).

In his sharh of al-Baghawi's Masabih al-Sunnah (F. 356, MS. 59, alMaktabat al-Sulaymaniyyah, Istanbul).

289. Sa`id al-Din Muhammad ibn Mas`ud ibn Muhammad alKazeruni (d. 758/1357).

In al-Muntaqa fi sirat al-Musttafa. An eminent scholar and traditionist.

290. Isma`il ibn Kathir ibn Daw' al-Qarashi al-Dimashqi (d. 774/1372).

In his exegesis (v, 457; vi, 199, 200) and his work on history. A leading historian, exegete and legist.

291. Muhammad ibn Qasim al-Nuwayri al-'Iskandarani (d. after 775/1373).

In Kitab al-'ilmam (Hyderabad, 1390), iii, 154.

292. Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Wasiti (d. 776/1374).

In his Majm` al-'ahbab (MS. 2096 in al-Maktabat alSulaymaniyyah, Istanbul, F. 78) from Sahih Muslim. An exegete and legist.

293. Al-Sayyid `Ali Shihab al-Din al-Hamadani (d. 786/1384).

In his al-Mawaddah fi al-qurba from Abu Sa`id and Jubayr ibn Mut`im. An eminent scholar.

294. AlSayyid Muhammad al-Taliqani.

In Risalah-ye Qiyafeh-nameh, as mentioned by al-Badakhshani in Jami` al-salasil, MS. in the former's biographical account.

295. Sa`d al-Din Mas`ud ibn `Umar al-Taftazani (d. 791/1389).

In Sharh al-Maqasid, ii, 221. A great scholar, grammarian, legist, exegete and mutakallim. [183]

296. Abu `Abd Allah Husam al-Din Hamid ibn Ahmad al-Mahalli.

In his Mahasin al-'azhar fi tafsil manaqib al-`itrat al-'akhyar al'athar as mentioned by al-`Allamah Muhammad ibn Isma`il al'Amir in al-Rawdat al-nadiyyah. An eminent scholar and legist.

Ninth/Fifteenth Century:

297. Nur al-Din `Ali ibn Abi Bakr ibn Sulayman al-Haythami (d. 807/1404).

In his Majma` al-zawa'id wa manba` al-fawa'id, 9. An eminent scholar. [184]

298. Majd al-Din Muhammad ibn Ya`qub al-Firuzabadi al-Shirazi (d. 817/1414).

In his al-Qamus al-muhit, iii, 343. One of the great lexicographers.

299. Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Hafizi al-Bukhari alNaqshbandi, known as Khwajah Parsa (d. 822/1419).

In his Fasl al-khitab from al-Tirmidhi, from Jabir, Hudhayfah ibn Usayd and Zayd ibn Arqam. An eminent scholar and the most eminent of the Khulafa' of Khwajah Baha' al-Din Naqshband.

300. Abu al-`Abbas Taqi al-Din Ahmad ibn `Ali al-Maqrizi (d. 845/1441).

In his Ma`rifat ma yajib li Al al-Bayt al-Nabawi (Cairo: Dar al'I`tisam, 1392, ed. by Muhammad Ahmad `Ashur, p. 38) from alTirmidhi. A great historian and traditionist. [185]

301. `Uthman ibn Haji ibn Muhammad al-Harawi.

In his Sharh on Masabih al-Sunnah (F. 178, MS 288 in alMaktabat alSulaymaniyyah).

302. Malik al-`Ulama' Shihab al-Din ibn Shams al-Din alZawali al-Dawlatabadi (d. 849/1445).

In his Hidayat al-su`ada' (MS.) from al-Masabih al-Mashariq, Mishkat al'anwar, al-`Umdah, al-Durar, Taj al-'asami, al-'Arba`in `an al-'arba`in, Kitab al-Shifa', Nisab al-'akhbar, etc., and Manaqib al-sadat. A leading scholar of his era. [186]

303. Nur al-Din `Ali ibn Muhammad, known as Ibn al-Sabbagh alMaliki (d. 855/1451).

In al-Fusul al-muhimmah, 23. An eminent scholar.

304. Al-Hafiz ibn Hajar al-`Asqalani (d. 852/1448).

In al-Matalib al-`aliyah bi zawa'id al-masanid al-thamaniyah, iv, 65 from `Ali (A), where he judges its isnad to be sahih. From `Ali and Abu Hurayrah in his Zawa'id Musnad al-Bazzaz MS., F. 277. One of the leading scholars. [187]

Tenth/Sixteenth Century:

305. Abu al-Khayr Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn `Abd alRahman al-Sakhawi (d. 902/1496).

In his Istijlab irtiqa' aIghuraf, MS. through many different asnad and sources from a number of Sahabah, such as Abu Sa`id, Zayd ibn Arqam, Jabir, Hudhayfah ibn Usayd, Khuzaymah, Sahl ibn Sa`d, Damrah al-'Aslami, `Abd al-Rahman ibn `Awf, Ibn `Abbas, Ibn `Umar, `Ali (A), Abu Rafi`, Abu Hurayrah and others. A leading scholar of his era. [188]

306. Husayn ibn `Ali al-Kashifi (d. 910/1504).

In his al-Risalah al-`aliyyah fi al-'ahadith al-Nabawiyyah, 29, 30 and his exegesis al-Mawahib al-`aliyyah, ii, 367.

307. Jalal al-Din `Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr al-Suyuti (d. 911/1505).

In his Ihya' al-mayyit bi fada'il AhI alBayt, 11, 12, 19, 26, 27, 30, Nihayat al-'ifdal, MS. al-'Asas fi fada'il Bani al-`Abbas, MS. al'Inafah fi rutbat al-Khilafah, al-Budur al-safirah, his exegesis alDurr al-manthur, 11, 60, vi, 70, al-Jami` al-saghir, and alKhasa'is al-kubra, ii, 266 through several chains from Muslim, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i, al-Hakim, `Abd ibn Hamid, Ahmad, Abu Ya`la, al-Bazzaz and al-Tabarani from Zayd ibn Arqam, Zayd ibn Thabit, Abu Sa`id al-Khudri, Abu Hurayrah, `Ali (A), Jabir and `Abd Allah ibn Hantab. One of the great scholars in the history of Islam.

308. Nur al-Din `Ali ibn `Abd Allah al-Samhudi (d. 911/1505).

In his Jawahir al-`iqdayn fi fadl al-sharafayn sharaf al-`ilm aljali wa alnasab al-`ali, MS., from more than twenty Sahabah from various recognized compilations of hadith. An eminent scholar of his era.

309. Al-Fadl ibn Ruzbahan al-Khunji al-Shirazi.

In his Sharh-e `aqa'id, in Persian, written at the behest of `Abd Allah Khan Uzbek, the ruler of Bukhara.

310. Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Qastallani alShafi`i (d. 923/1517).

In his al-Mawahib al-madaniyyah (al-Zarqani's sharh, vii, 4-8). An eminent scholar and author of famous commentaries on Sahih Muslim and Sahih al-Bukhari.

311. Shams al-Din Muhammad al-`Alqami (d. 929/1522).

In al-Kawkab al-munir fi sharh al-Jami` al-saghir, MS. A leading scholar of his era.

312. `Abd al-Wahhab ibn Muhammad ibn Rafi` al-Din al-Bukhari (d. 932/1525).

In his exegesis Tafsir Anwari (MS) from al-Tha`labi and Ahmad ibn Hanbal from Abu Sa`id. A leading scholar of his era. [189]

313. Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Dimashqi al-Salihi (d. 942/1535).

In his Subul al-huda wa al-rashad fi sirat khayr al-`ibad, known as alSirat al-Shamsiyyah, as mentioned by al-Halabi in Insan al`uyun. A scholar of eminence.

314. Al-Hafiz ibn al-Dayba` al-Shaybani (d. 943/1536).

In his Taysir al-'usul ila Jami` al-'usul, iii, 297. An eminent scholar and traditionist.

315. Shams al-Din Ibn Tulun al-Dimashqi (d. 953/1546).

In his al-Shadharat al-dhahabiyyah, 66 (published under the title al'A'imat al-'Ithna `ashar, Beirut, 1377 H.) ed. Dr. Salah al-Din al-Munjid, from Sahih Muslim. A leading scholar of his era. [190]

316. Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Sharbini al-Khatib (d. 968/1560).

In his exegesis al-Siraj al-munir, ii, 528, iv, 167.

317. Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali ibn Hajar alHaythami al-Makki (d. 973/1565).

In his al-Sawa`iq al-muhriqah, 25, 89 - 90, 132 and al-Minah alMakkiyyah fi sharh al-qasidat al-hamziyyah under the couplet:

Muhammadun sayyidul kawnayni waththaqalayn

wa'l fariqayni min `urbin wa min `ajam

A leading scholar of his era.

318. Nur al-Din `Ali ibn Husam al-Din al-Muttaqi al-Hindi (d.975/1567).

In his Kanz al-`ummal from al-Tabarani from Zayd ibn Arqam. A leading scholar, traditionist, author and legist.

319. Muhammad Tahir al-Fitanni al-Gujrati (d. 986/1578).

In his Majma` al-bihar fi gharib al-hadith under thaql and `itrah, as well as in Takmilat Majma` al-bihar under thaql. A leading scholar of his age.

320. `Abbas ibn Mu`in al-Din, known as Mirza Makhdum alJurjani al-Shirazi (d. 988/1580).

In his al-Nawaqid from Sahih Muslim from Zayd ibn Arqam. An eminent scholar.

321. Al-Shaykh Ibn `Abd Allah ibn alShaykh `Abd Allah al`Aydarus al-Yamani (d. 990/1582).

In al-`Iqd al-Nabawi wa al-sirr al-Mustafawi (MS) from Ibn Abi Shaybah, from `Abd al-Rahman ibn `Awf. An eminent scholar.

322. Kamal al-Din ibn Fakhr al-Din al-Jahromi (d. after 994/1586).

In his al-Barahin al-qati`ah fi tarjumat al-Sawa`iq al-muhriqah, in Persian. An eminent scholar from Bijapur, India. [191]

323. Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Mustafa ibn Ibrahim al-Sufi, known as Badr al-Din al-Rumi.

In his Taj al-durrah fi sharh al-burdah under the lines:

Ala baytin nabiyyi 'inna fu'adi

laysa yusallayhi `alaykumutta'sa'u

324. `Ata' Allah ibn Fadl Allah al-Shirazi, known as Jamal alDin al-Muhaddith (d. 1000/1591).

In his al-'Arba`in fi fada'il Amir al-Mu'minin (MS) and Rawdat al'ahbab fi siyar al-Nabi wa al-'Al wa al'Ashab, from Hudhayfah ibn Usayd. An eminent scholar.

Eleventh/Seventeenth Century:

325. `Ali ibn al-Sultan Muhammad al-Harawi, known as `Ali alQari (d. 1013/1604).

In his Sharh al-Shifa', 485, from Muslim and al-Nasa'i, from Zayd ibn Arqam. In his al-Mirqat fi sharh al-Mishat, V, 593-594, 600-601 from Muslim, from Zayd ibn Arqam; from Imam Ahmad from Abu Sa`id al-Khudri; and from al-Tirmidhi from Jabir and Zayd ibn Arqam. An eminent scholar.

326. `Abd al-Ra'uf ibn Taj al-`Arifin al-Munawi (d. 1031/1621).

In his Fayd al-Qadir fi sharh al-Jami` al-saghir, ii, 174, 571; iii, 14, 15, a sharh of al-Suyuti's work that expounds it with the help of the riwayat of al-Qurtubi and al-Samhudi. An eminent scholar.

327. Nur al-Din `Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn `Ali al-Halabi al-Shafi`i (d. 1033/1623).

In his Insan al`uyun fi sirat al-'Amir wa al-Ma'mun, iii, 336. An eminent scholar.

328. Ahmad ibn alFadl ibn Muhammad Ba Kathir alMakki (d. 1037/1627).

In his Wasilat al-ma'al fi `add manaqib al-'Al (MS) from Imam Ahmad, alTabarani, Abu Ya`la, alHakim, alTirmidhi, Ibn `Uqdah, al-Diya', alZarandi, Abu al-Hasan Yahya ibn alHasan, alJi`abi, alDulabi, alBazzaz, Abu Nu`aym, Ibn Hajar and alDarqutni. An eminent scholar. [192]

329. Mahmud ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali alShaykani alQadiri alMadani.

In al-Sirat al-sawi fi manaqib Al al-Nabi (MS.), from Muslim, alHakim, al-Bazzaz, Ibn `Uqdah, alTabarani, Ibn Sa`d and alZarandi, from Zayd ibn Arqam, Abu Sa`id, Zayd ibn Thabit, `Abd alRahman ibn `Awf, Abu Hurayrah, Jabir, Hudhayfah ibn Usayd and others.

330. Al-Sayyid Muhammad ibn alSayyid Jalal Mah `Alam alBukhari (d. 1045/1635).

In Tadhkirat al-'abrar (MS.). A respectable scholar. [193]

331. Al-Shaykh `Abd alHaqq al-Dehlawi (d. 1052/1642).

In his al-Lumu`at fi sharh alMishkat from Muslim and alTirmidhi, and also in Madarij al-nubuwwah, 520. A leading legist, traditionist and scholar of his era in India. [194]

332. Shihab alDin Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Umar alKhafaji al-Misri al-Hanafi (d. 1069/1658).

In his Nasim al-riyad fi sharh Shifa' alQadi `lyad, iii, 409, iv, 283, 324, while expounding the narrations of alQadi `lyad. A leading scholar. [195]

333. `Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al`Azizi alBulaqi al-Shafi`i (d. 1070/1659).

In his al-Siraj al-munir fi sharh alJami` al-saghir, i, 322; ii, 51. A leading traditionist. [196]

334. Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Susi alMaghribi (d. 1094/1683)

In his Jam` al-fawa'id min Jami` al'usul wa Majma` alzawa'id, i, 16, ii, 236 (Meerut 1346H.), fromTalTirmidhi and Muslim. A leading traditionist. [197]

335. Mulla Ya`qub alBanyani al-Lahori (1098/1686).

In his `Aqa'id. A well-known scholar of his age. [198]

Twelfth/Eighteenth Century:

336. Salih ibn Mahdi ibn `Ali Muqbili alSan`ani (d. 1108/1696).

In Mulhaqat al-'abhath almusaddadah as quoted in Khulasat `Abaqat al-'anwar, i, 312.

337. `Abd al-Malik al'Isami alMakki (d. 1111/1699).

In his Simt al-nujum al`awali, ii, 502 from Ibn Abi Shaybah.

338. Muhammad Amin alMuhibbi (d. 1111/1699).

In his Jana al-jannatayn fi tamyiz naw`ay al-mathnayayn, 31.

339. Ahmad Afandi, known as Munajjim Bashi (d. 1113/1701).

As mentioned in his biographical account in Tandid al-`uqud alsaniyyah. An eminent scholar, as mentioned in the above account.

340. Kamal al-Din Ibn Hamzah al-Husayni (d. 1120/1708).

In his al-Bayan wa al-ta`rif, i, 164; ii, 136, from Ahmad, Muslim, `Abd ibn Hamid, al-Tabarani and al-Hakim. A leading scholar, traditionist and grammarian of his era. [199]

341. Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Baqi ibn Yusuf al-'Azhari alZarqani al-Maliki (d. 1122/1710).

In his Sharh al-Mawahib al-laduniyyah, vii, 4 - 8, while expounding the traditions narrated by al-Shihab al-Qastallani in al-Mawahib al-laduniyyah.

342. Husam al-Din ibn Muhammad Ba Yazid ibn Badi` al-Din alSaharanpuri.

In Marafid al-rawafid from Muslim, al-Tirmidhi and al-Tabarani.

343. Mirza Muhammad ibn Mu`tamad Khan al-Harithi alBadakhshi.

In Miftah al-naja fi manaqib Al al-`Aba (MS.), from Muslim, alTirmidhi, al-Tabarani, al-Hakim, `Abd ibn Hamid, Ibn al'Anbari, al-Barudi and al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi. Also in Nazl al'abrar bima sahha min manaqib AhI al-Bayt al-'Athar, from Muslim, al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi and alTabarani. An eminent scholar of his era. [200]

344. Radi al-Din ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali ibn Haydar al-Husayni al-Shami al-Shafi`i (d. 1142/1729).

In his Tandid al-`uqud al-saniyyah bi tamhid al-dawlat alHusayniyyah.

345. `Abd al-Ghani ibn Isma`il al-Nabulusi al-Hanafi (d. 1143/1730).

In his Dhakha'ir al-mawarith, i, 215. An eminent scholar of his era.

346. Muhammad Sadr al-`Alam.

In his Ma`arif al-`ula fi manaqib al-Murtada (MS.). An eminent scholar. [201]

347. Ibrahim al-Shabrawi Shaykh al-'Azhar (d. 1162/1749).

In his al-'Ithaf bi hubb al-'ishraf, 6, from Muslim and al-Tirmidhi.

348. Shah Wali Allah ibn `Abd al-Rahim al-Dehlawi (d. 1176/1762).

In his Izalat al-khafa' `an sirat al-Khulafa', from Muslim, al-Hakim and Abu `Amr and in Qurrat al-`aynayn, 119, 168, from Muslim and alTirmidhi. An eminent scholar.

349. Muhammad Mu`in ibn Muhammad Amin al-Sindi.

In his Dirasat al-labib fi al-'uswat al-hasanah bi al-habib. An eminent scholar of hadith, kalam and Arabic literature. [202]

350. Muhammad ibn Isma`il al-'Amir al-Yamani al-San`ani (d.1182/1768).

In his al-Rawdat al-nadiyyah fi sharh al-Tuhfat al-`Alawiyyah, through several chains and from several sources.

351. Muhammad ibn `Ali al-Saban.

In Is`af al-raghibin, 110-111, from Muslim, Ahmad and al-Nasa'i, from Zayd ibn Arqam.

352. Abu al-Fayd Muhibb al-Din Muhammad Murtada al-Wasiti al-Zubaydi al-Hanafi al-Bilgirami.

In his Taj al-`arus min jawahir al-qamus, vii, 345 under thaql. A leading philologist and a legist and traditionist. [203]

353. Ahmad ibn `Abd al-Qadir ibn Bakr al-`Ujayli al-Shafi`i (d.1182/1768).

In his Dhakhirat al-ma`al fi sharh `iqd jawahir al-li'al fi manaqib alAl (MS.). An eminent scholar. [204]

Thirteenth/Nineteenth Century:

354. Mir Ghani al-Husayni (d. 1207/1792).

In his Durrat al-yatimah fi ba`d fada'il al-Sayyidat al-`Azimah (MS. 3671 in al-Maktabat al-Zahiriyyah, F. 71-77). An eminent scholar of his days.

355. Muhammad Mubin ibn Muhibb Allah al-Lakhnowi (d. 1220/1805).

In his Wasilat al-najat fi manaqib al-sadat, from Muslim, alTirmidhi and al-Hakim. [205]

356. Muhammad Ikram al-Din ibn Muhammad Nizam al-Din alDehlawi.

In his Sa`adat al-Kawnayn fi bayan fada'il al-Hasanayn, from alMashariq, al-Masabih and other works. An eminent scholar. [206]

357. Rashid al-Din Khan al-Dehlawi (d. 1243/1827).

In his al-Haqq al-mubin fi fada'il Ahl Bayt Sayyid al-Mursalin from alSawa`iq, al-Shifa', Qurrat al-`aynayn, NazI al-'abrar and Sharh alMaqasid, and from Ahmad, Ibn Jarir, and al-Hakim. [207]

358. Mirza Hasan `Ali Muhaddith al-Lakhnowi (d. 1255/1839).

In his Tafrih al-'ahbab fi manaqib al-'Al wa al-'Ashab from Muslim and al-Tirmidhi. An eminent scholar. [208]

359. `Abd al-Rahim ibn `Abd al-Karim al-Safipuri (d. 1267/1850).

In his Muntaha al-'arab, i, 143, under thaql. An eminent philologist and grammarian. [209]

360. Wali Allah ibn Habib Allah al-Lakhnowi (d. 1270/1853).

In his Mir'at al-mu'minin (MS.). An eminent scholar. [210]

361. `Ashiq `Ali Khan al-Lakhnowi.

In his Dhakhirat al-`uqba fi dhikr fada'il A'immat al-Huda.

362. Al-Shaykh Hasan al-`Adawi al-Hamzawi.

In his Mashariq al-'anwar fi fawz ahl al-'i`tibar, 86, from Ibn Hajar, Ahmad, al-Suyuti, Muslim and al-Nasa'i.

363. Sulayman ibn Ibrahim, known as Khwajah Kalan al-Husayni al-Balkhi al-Qunduzi.

In his Yanabi` al-mawaddah, 27-41, from many early authorities on tradition, such as Muslim, al-Tirmidhi, aI-Tha`labi, Ahmad, `Abd Allah ibn Ahmad, and later scholars such as al-Samhudi, alKhwarazmi, alSayyid `Ali al-Hamadani, al-Zarandi and others, from eminent Sahabah.

364. Mawlawi Siddiq Hasan Khan al-Qannawji.

In his al-Siraj al-wahhaj fi sharh Sahih Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj has expounded Muslim's narrations and cited the narrations of alTirmidhi and others.

365. Mawlawi Hasan al-Zaman.

In his al-QawI al-mustahsan fi fakhr al-Hasan.

Fourteenth/Twentieth Century:

366. Ahmad Zayni Dahlan.

In his al-Sirat al-Nabawiyyah, ii, 300.

367. Ahmad Diya' al-Din al-Kamushkhanawi.

In his Ramuz al-'ahadith, 144.

368. Mu'min ibn Hasan al-Shablanji.

369. Behjat Buhlul Afandi.

In his Ta'rikh Al-e Muhammad, 45.

370. Al-Shaykh Mansur `Ali Nasif al-Misri.

In his al-Taj al-jami` Ii al'usul, iii, 308-309.

371. Yusuf ibn Isma`il al-Nabhani.

In his al-Fath al-kabir, i, 451 and al-Sharaf al-mu'abbad, 18, 24.

372. Al-`Abbas ibn Ahmad al-Yamani.

In his al-Rawd al-nadir, v, 343, 466.

373. Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri.

In his Tuhfat al-'ahwadhi bi sharh Jami` al-Tirmidhi, x, 287-291.

374. Ahmad al-Banna al-Sa`ati.

In his al-Fath al-rabbani bi tartib Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal alShaybani, i, 186 and Bulugh al-'amani min asrar al-Fath alrabbani, iv, 26.

375. `Abd Allah al-Shafi`i.

In his Arjah al-matalib, 335-341, from leading traditionists from

Zayd ibn Thabit, Zayd ibn Arqam, Abu Sa`id al-Khudri, Jabir ibn `Abd Allah, Zayd ibn Aslam, `Ali (A), Abu Dharr, Abu Rafi`. Abu Hurayrah, Umm Salamah, Hudhayfah ibn Usayd.

376. Mahmud Abu Rayyah.

In his Adwa' `ala al-Sunnat al-Muhammadiyyah, 404.

377. Tawfiq Abu `Alam.

In his Ahl al-Bayt, 77-80.

378. Habib al-Rahman al-'A`zami.

In his hawashi on al-Matalib al-`aliyah bi zawa'id al-masanid althamaniyah, iv, 65.